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. 1979 Nov 1;183(2):471–474. doi: 10.1042/bj1830471

Mechanism of formation, spectrum and reactivity of half-reduced eight-iron Clostridium pasteurianum ferredoxin in pulse-radiolysis studies and the non-co-operativity of the four-iron clusters.

J Butler, R A Henderson, F A Armstrong, A G Sykes
PMCID: PMC1161580  PMID: 534509

Abstract

Reduction of fully oxidized Clostridium pasteurianum 8-Feox.,ox. ferredoxin by using pulse-radiolysis techniques yields the half-reduced species 8-Feox.,red. ferredoxin. The subsequent oxidation of 8-Feox.,red. ferredoxin with Co(NH3)5Cl2+ was studied. From a comparison with stopped-flow studies on the 2:1 Co(NH3)5Cl2+ oxidation of 8-Fered.,red. ferredoxin to the 8-Feox.,ox. form it is concluded that there is no redox co-operativity between the two 4-Fe centres in these reactions.

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